automatically exits when starting up terminal or sourcing .bashrc
and it's only a matter of one space

command substitution issue, in .bashrc :
works:
PS1='`date`\
'                                                                               
doesn't work:
PS1='$( date )\
'

the error is:
bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near `~)'
bash: command substitution: line 1: `ps_lepath ~)'
exit

GNU bash, version 4.3.18(1)-release (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


sent email report using bashbug template
UPDATE: "Thanks for the report.  This will be fixed in the next release of bash.
Chet"
greatness!
the git source is apparently here: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git

